Waze’s crazy routing over a 32% grade road is driving residents nuts

Enlarge / The view of Baxter Street as seen from N. Alvarado Street, in Los Angeles. (credit: Google Maps)

It's a common story: small towns and residents living on once-quiet streets are sometimes annoyed by the influx of traffic that Waze, traffic wayfinding apps, and ride-hailing services have wrought.

But residents along Baxter Street in Los Angeles' Echo Park neighborhood-reportedly one of the steepest streets in America (comprising two major hills)-are now banding together to try to change local traffic patterns. Neighbors have contacted city officials and Waze's parent company, Google, to try to mitigate the problem.

They believe that a lot of drivers are using Baxter as a way to avoid Glendale Boulevard, a nearby thoroughfare.

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